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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
NSH didn't have a problem moving Seth Jones when they were overloaded at defense.
The best player will be the best asset.
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This. No guarantee that if you draft for need, that said player will turn into the kind of player you want. But with BPA, you can always flip that player as an asset, and then get the player you need.
Let's say in 2013 when we drafted Monahan, that our biggest need was a RW instead of a C. So we end up drafting Nischuskin instead of Monahan, because that was our biggest need at the time. Is there anybody today who would make that trade? Sure, Nischuskin would have fulfilled a need at the time. But who is the better player right now?
You always draft BPA. Always. Nothing is guaranteed at the draft. It's better to draft from a position of strength and have a sure-thing, then to draft for a need and have them bust.
We also have a GM who has proven that he can win trades. So I have no issue with the Flames drafting yet another C or D come draft day, and BT flipping it for a player who fills a need and then something else alongside it.